Charleston Gazette

Best Bet: ; Redneck Comedy

The Gazz Calendar: ; June 8-June 14

MUSIC * JUGGERNAUT JUG BAND: Free. 10:30 a.m. Marmet Town Hall; 2 p.m. St. Albans Public Library, 602 Fourth St. Call 949-6628 or 722- 4244.

Best Bet: ; Popularity Pole

Join country star Joe Diffie when he headlines a weekend of fun and high-altitude prowess when the Fifth Annual Mountain States Lineman's Rodeo comes to Magic Island in Charleston. Events kick off with an equipment expo from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday along Kanawha Boulevard. Diffie appears with local band the Barstool Bandits beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Haddad Riverfront Park. The rodeo itself, featuring skills competitions from some of the utility industry's best linemen, runs from 7:30 a...

Tv Briefs

FX turns over 'Dirt' Courteney Cox is headed back to the small screen, as FX has given the green light to a show that she stars in and helped bring to life.

'Omen' Is yet Another Unneccesary Remake

REVIEW The Omen HH Rated R (bloody violence and brief, strong language) Directed by John Moore Starring Live Schreiber, Julia Stiles Marquee Cinemas, Park Place Stadium Cinemas All remakes are needless, but this update of "The Omen" is especially so.

Q&A: Dirty Hun

For The Gazette Dirty Hun is one of the hardest working MCs in West Virginia. He's on mixtapes, he can get you the cheapest grills, and he runs his own label, Poverty Muzikk.

W.Va.'S American Minor Is Bonnaroo-Bound

BONNAROO 2006 BLOG Follow American Minors Bonnaroo experience, along with other daily events at this major music event, June 16 to 18, on the Gazzs new special edition Bonnaroo 2006 blog at thegazz.com. Husband and wife team Beth Forester, a professional photographer based in Madison, and Pat Dodd, owner of Photo Production Services in South Charleston, will keep you in the know about the Bonnaroo scene with daily articles and photos depicting the sights and sounds from Manchester, Tenn. For ...

Festivall

Ticket giveaway Answer the following question correctly and be entered into a drawing for two tickets to the June 22 Gazz Gathering & FestivALL Sampler, featuring Drew the Dramatic Fool. E-mail and fax entries only to gazz@wv gazette.com or (fax) 348-1233.

Film Clips

* "THE BREAK-UP": HH Marquee Cinemas, Park Place Stadium Cinemas. Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston each have more than enough presence and comic timing to sustain this movie, but it's hard to see why their vastly different characters hooked up to begin with, let alone had a two-year relationship. Their break-up isn't tragic, and their subsequent attempts to drive one other from their shared condo play like an anemic version of the much meaner "War of the Roses." Rated PG-13. * "X-MEN: THE LA...

Wheeeeeeee...... Riding the Rails On Camden Park's Classic Wooden Roller Coaster

If you go If you go Camden Park, located on U.S. 60 just across the Cabell-Wayne County border in Huntington, is open Wednesday through Sunday in June, Tuesday through Sunday for most of July, every weekend and some weekdays in August, every Saturday and Sept. 3 and 4 in September and Oct. 6,7,13,14,20,21 and 27,28. During most of the season the park opens at 11 a.m., but hours and closing times vary. Call 429-4321 or 1-866-8CAMDEN for details or visit www.camdenpark.com for details. Park adm...

In Short

Guild cast The cast will include Bob McCarty as producer Clifton Feddington, Sarah Harless as torch singer Ann Collier, Bryan Archer as crooner Johnny Cantone and Megan Long as movie star-struck songstress Ginger Brooks when the Charleston Light Opera Guild stages the "1940s Radio Hour" at 8 p.m. June 23 and 2 p.m. June 24 during FestivALL at the guild's West Side home, 411 Tennessee Ave. Performances continue at 8 p.m. June 30, July 1, 7 and 8.

Pixar's 'Cars' Will Appeal to All Ages

REVIEW Cars HHH 1/2 Rated G Directed by John Lasseter Starring the voices of Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt Marquee Cinemas, Park Place Stadium Cinemas There are no human characters in "Cars," but few movies this year will have more humanity.

Festivall

Deadline extended for jazz contest Calling all jazz musicians in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. The deadline has been extended until Thursday, June 15 to submit original music to the Next Generation Jazz Competition, as part of FestivALL Charleston from June 23-25.

Pee-Wee's Playhouse Reopens

LOS ANGELES - After being shuttered for more than 15 years, the doors to "Pee-wee's Playhouse" are being reopened. The show will get new life on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim lineup. All 45 original episodes will air starting July 10, company officials announced Monday.

'Prairie Home' a Whimsical Fantasy

REVIEW A Prairie Home Companion HHH Rated PG-13 (risqu humor) Directed by Robert Altman Starring Garrison Keillor, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Kline Park Place Stadium Cinemas "A Prairie Home Companion" is Robert Altman at his most Altmanesque. Any desire to see it should be gauged by your tolerance for meandering tracking shots, big, bizarre ensembles and a story that seems to drift on the winds of the hot air blown from the characters' overlapping dialogue.

Musical Revisits Short Life and Long-Lived Songs of Hank Williams

IF YOU GO Charleston Stage Company stages Hank Williams: Lost Highwayat 8 p.m. today, Friday, Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Clay Center. For tickets, $25, $20, and $10, call 561-3570 or visit www.theclay center.org bobschwarz@wvgazette.com

Gameplayer: ; Pinball Game Is Full-Tilt Frustrating

Odama HH 1/2 Publisher: Nintendo System: Nintendo GameCube Cost: $9.99 Violence Rating: T Video pinball has been popular since its inception, but game developers have struggled to add new features to keep the genre fresh. Leave it to Nintendo, the leaders of ingenuity, to try to add more depth by fusing a pinball game with a strategy game. However, the resulting creation, "Odama," is equal parts innovation and frustration.

Netflix to Take 'Jaws' On Location

NEW YORK - Online movie rental service Netflix will screen 10 classics this August at locations made famous by the films. "Field of Dreams" will be shown at the Dyersville, Iowa, baseball field surrounded by cornstalks. "Jaws" will be played at Martha's Vineyard, Mass., and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" will get a screening by the Cedar Lane Water Tower in Northbrook, Ill.

'Idol' Contestant Daughtry Says 'No' to Bid From Fuel

GREENSBORO, N.C. - No "Fuel" in Chris Daughtry's future, the "American Idol" contestant said Saturday. Daughtry was offered a lead singing role with the band last month after he was eliminated in the second-to-last round of the popular Fox television show. Fuel's lead singer, Brett Scallions, quit the multi-platinum rock band in February.

Localmusic: ; Several Decades of Metal in 1 Band

Stone Ka-Tet will release the band's new CD at the Empty Glass this Saturday night. The lineup has got to be one of the best I've seen in my time here covering local music: joining them on stage will be Gran Pappy's Lap, Year Long Disaster, the Hazard County Girls and Wooly Mammoth. Stone Ka-Tet (Lee Harrah, vocals; Roadblock, bass; Eric Seckman, drums; Dave Clendenin, guitar and Craig Dickinson, lead guitar) draws its version of stoner metal from two of metal's all-time heavyweights: Black S...